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How rapid change is reshaping the tradition-soaked luxury sector in Europe and beyond.

The BoF Podcast: Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri on Female Power

This week on Inside Fashion, ahead of the opening of the UK’s largest retrospective on Christian Dior, Chiuri talks to Tim Blanks about the importance of couture as the first female creative director of the house.


Versace’s New Owner Plans to Build America’s Answer to LVMH. It Has a Long Way to Go.

Capri chief John Idol reveals his strategy for the budding luxury group that owns Michael Kors, Versace and Jimmy Choo.


What Will LVMH's Annual Results Reveal About the China Slowdown?

This week, everyone will be talking about LVMH's annual results, the end of the government shutdown  and Amazon's improving fashion sense. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.


The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the January Menswear and Couture Shows

This week on Inside Fashion, BoF’s editor-at-large discusses menswear’s shift to tailoring and the new relevance of couture.


Op-Ed | The Revolution Will Not Be Serifised: Why Every Luxury Brand’s Logo Looks the Same

Fashion’s branding clean slate is as much about erasing the past as it is about securing the future, argues John Whelan.


Investors Dump Tod's Shares After Retail Sales Dip

The group, which started a brand revamp at the end of 2017, has had negative retail sales for the last 21 quarters.


Peter Do’s Modern Female Sensibility

This month, our Spotlight shines on the Phoebe Philo protégé whose womenswear line won over top stockists with its modern staples and youthful tailoring.


Burberry's Same Store Sales Up 1 Percent in Christmas Quarter

With Riccardo Tisci's debut collection hitting stores next month, the luxury brand's results fell slightly short of market forecasts.


Hugo Boss Sales Accelerate in Key Christmas Quarter

Europe was its fastest-growing region, where sales rose at double-digit rates, while China recorded high single-digit store sales growth.


Lanvin Appoints New Creative Director

Bruno Sialelli has been appointed as creative director of the French luxury fashion house.


Report: Swiss Watchmakers Brace for Slowing Chinese Demand

Investors are on edge over a softening economic backdrop in China, and weak Chinese trade data on Monday sent shares in China-reliant luxury goods companies tumbling.


European Luxury Stocks Tumble After Weak Chinese Data

China's exports unexpectedly fell by their most in two years in December, pointing to further weakness in the world's second-largest economy in 2019.